The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-10-20
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
NEWS OF THE TWO STATES TOLD
IN PARAGRAPHS.

road Agent-An Atlanta man Loses q
Pocket-Book Containing $4,000 in
New York.
GEORGIA.
Mr. Davis will leave home for Macon,
Sunday evening.
Athenians are confident that exPresident
Jefferson Davis will visit the fair in their
city after he leaves Macon next week.
Mrs. Cleveland, wife of Dr. J. r, Cleve-
land, of Cleveland, died at her home on
Poplar street at o'clock Sunday afternoon
after long illness
gang of seven pickpockets. who came
to the Piedmont Exposition at Atlanta to
ply their avocation, occupy cells in the po-
lice station of that city.
At Hartwell, Sunday, John A. Teasley
and Miss Lucy Brown, both of Bio neigh
borhood, were married. The contratract-
ing parties are aged respectively 16 and 10
Q6x16.
The Middle Georgia Military and Agri-
cultural College, at Milledgeville, has
larger number of students than ever before
at this season of the year Up TO Christmas
last year the total enrolment was S44, while
up to this time this year 353 names have
already been entered.
An old colored woman, named Jane
Mitchell, died in Milledgeville last week,
who had attained the remarkable age of 1l6
years She was the mother of thirteen
children, and had eleven grandchildren,
forty-four great grandchildren and one
great-great grandchild.
Tom Allen, of Americas, has received an
appointment under the United States gov
eminent on the Mexican frontier which is
a very pleasant and lucrative one. He has
accepted, but on account of the serious i'll
ness of his mother it is undecided when he
will leave to assume his duties,
At Macon Tuesday in United States
Court Charles f. Abbott, Postmaster at
Pelham, pleaded guilty to the charge of EN-
bezzling S27, and as the money had been re-
funded by his bondsmen as soon as the de-
felt was discovered, and as his health was
very poor, sentence was suspended.
The amount paid by Richmond county
this year toward the erection of the State
capitol is $l1, 746 so. II is the pro rata of
the county in the general appropriation for
this year. Last year Richmond paid $1,000
on like appropriation, and the appropria
tions.will be kept up, of course, until the
capitol is completed
Joe F. Davis, of Griffin, has sold his stock
of groceries to Bass Brothers, and the goods
were moved down TO the large stores of the
firm. Davis will remain in Griffin, but will
go into some other line of business. l.. b.
Whatley, who has been with Mr. Davis
Decatur, Ala, where he will go into bust
ness.
David Porter, Grand Master of the Grand
Lodge Independent Order of Odd Fellows.
was in Milledgeville Monday with his depu-
ties for the purpose of organization of
Oconee Lodge of Odd Fellows. The charter
members are C. B. Hendrix George Haug,
II. Turner, C. w. Ennis, r. w Roberts, I.
+. White, L. H. Andrews, II. Z. McComb,
E. f. Bell, John T. Allen
Fred Vaughn, an old citizen of Walton
county, recently lost his pOcketbook, while
in Social Circle, which contained about
$4,000 in notes, and some money. The
pocketbook was found by a colored man,
named Robert Foster, who is the head cook
at Morrow & Cheney's restaurant, and was
promptly returned to its owner who was in
considerable trouble about it.
William T. Hanbaum, of Atlanta, who
has been stopping at the Coleman House,
New York lost pocketbook last Friday
which contained fifteen 81 900 certificates
on the Second National Bank, of New FORK,
as well as drafts, papers and some cash.
The certificates, which were payable to Mr.
Harbaum's order, have been cancelled, and,
therefore, are useless to the finder
In the United States Court at Macon
Tuesday Abe Yancey, of Crackers Neck,
Jasper county, was tried for running a
blockade distillery and acquitted. He was
Immediately placed under arrest by the
Sheriff for violating the State laws. Pro-
ceedlngs were instituted to forfeit the land
on which the still was located, and which
belongs TO Lynch father of the PRINCIPAL
witness for the defense This, if forfeited,
will be the second instance of forfeiture
during the present term of court for
similar offenSe.
Quitman county was well represented at
the Atlanta show. A few have returned,
and 1t is amusing to hear the various re-
ports. Some say that while it is no big
thing, ii is a very good exhibit, and fully
worth the worry and expense to see, while
Others say it is a complete swindle. Others
say that to one who has never seen the Gate
City of the State, it is worth the low rate of
travel to see the city. One man reports
that the show is a swindle, and an oppor-
tunity to gouge unsuspecting visitors, and
that 1t was not uncommon to charge a coun-
tryman 50 for leaning against a lamp post
in the absence of seat, to rest his tired
limbs and body.
Last Sunday morning, among the pas
sengers on one of the southbound East Ten
nessee trains that stopped at East Rome to
take breakfast, were Bostonian, his wife
and children, and a colored nurse The
Boston man led his procession into the din
ing room of Langford's restaurant, and I'M
dertook to seat them ALL the nurse included
at a table. Mr.. Langford's attention was
Immediately called to the matter, and he
went at once to the man and informed him
that he could allow no such proceeding at
his house. The Bostonian became indignant.
whereupon Langford ordered him out The
affair created quite little excitement in
East Rome at the time, and was the talk of
all
Saturday morning the town hall, one of
the oldest landmarks in Athens, was sold to
the highest bidder by Chief Oliver. This
old hall has been an eye-sore to the people
of the city for long time, and every effort
has been made to get it out of the way The
town hall has been the scene of many a
hard-fought political contest and midnight
carousal 1t has been used for everything,
from theatre to church purposes: from
political speaking to negro break-downs. 1t,
however, has seen its day, and Saturday
the Chief of Police knocked it down to
Hiram Crawford for 1902, the brick and
rock being reserved by the city Mr.. Hiram
Crawford will move the old building on his
lot, and turn it into livery stable 1t was
built in 1S47.
At Chauncey DR.. J. g. Montgomery had
his right leg broken, about o'clock Tues
day morning. He had been very sick for
several weeks, and had only been out on the
streets a few days, and had started TO At
lanta TO meet physician there in consulta-
tion, and getting to the warehouse crossing
on thp track foInd II IN ho h1ock adad b.y ~